Hitching-post



UNITED STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

HEN RY N. KODDING, OF HAMILTON, OHIO.

HlTCHlNGwPOST.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 465,479, dated December 22, 1891. Application filed July 1, 1891. Serial No. 398,115- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY N. KODDING, of

Figure 1 is a vertical section of a sidewalkpost whose construction exemplifies my .invention, the post being shown as closed; Fig. 2, a similar vertical section with the post open and the shelf-bracket in working position, and Fig. 3 a horizontal section of the post upon an enlarged scale.

In the drawings, A indicates a hollow metallic post set in the sidewalk near the curbstone; B, the level of the sidewalk; O, a removable top to the post, adapted to be removed and expose the hollow interior of the post; D, the base of the post, or that portion which is set in the ground to support the post; E, a socket formed in the top of the post; F, a hitching-ring at the top of the post; G, a bracket-bar; H, a shank on the lower end of this bracket-bar, adapted for engagement with the socket E and J shelf-brackets pivoted to the bracket-bar and adapted to project horizontally therefrom or to be folded up parallel therewith.

It is the intention that these posts will be used in pairs or series, set at such distance apart along the curb as can be spanned by convenient lengths of shelving-boards. l/Vhen the posts are to be employed for the support of shelves, the bracket-bars are placed in position indicated in Fig. 2, with the brackets projecting horizontally. Shelvingboards may be laid upon the brackets, and a specially-wide board may be laid upon the lower brackets to serve as a counter. The number of brackported by the cover and the cover is held in place by the weight of the bracket-bar. The shank-and-socket arrangement illustrated, and also the form of the brackets illustrated, are of course simply exemplifying in character.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination, substantially as set" forth, of a hollow post open at its upper end, a' bracket-bar projecting upwardly therefrom and detachably attached at the top of the post, and shelf brackets projecting horizontally from the bracket-bar and adapted to be disposed parallel with the bracket-bar, so that the bracket-bar and brackets may be inserted within the post.

2. The combination, substantially as set forth, of a hollow post, a bracket-bar detachably connected therewith and projecting above the post, a cover for the post, secured permanently to the bracket-bar, and pivoted shelf-brackets projecting horizontally from the bracket-bar and adapted to be disposed parallel thereto,so that the bracket-bar and brackets may be inserted within the post.

3. The combination, substantially as set forth, of a hollow post having an open top provided with a socket, a bracket-bar provided with a shank adapted to detachably engage said socket, and shelf-brackets pivoted to said bracket-bar.

HENRY N. KODDING.

Witnesses:

J. W. SEE, J AS. 'FITTON. 

